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auto-a2fb8594a7ad-05 · v1

Why do fireflies flash—are they communicating with light?

Mechanism: common observation, explanation

Payoff: Each species flashes its own rhythm to attract mates, warn predators, or deceive rivals; the light is bioluminescent and cold, not hot.

Factual: passedApproval: approved1 evidence linksOpen in Script Lab

Performance

5.02× medianBaseline: 20

Evidence

1youtube

Duplicates

1Exact component-level matches

Limitations

0No missing signal is coerced to zero
Evidence1
youtube · youtube.video
7Ykfmcki4rAOpen source
Payload
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Advocate / Skeptic0

No evaluations recorded.

Duplicate signals1
auto-a2fb8594a7ad-03 · v1mechanism
Limitations0

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    Factual review
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    Audit trail2
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    approvalpending → approvedshorts-intelligence-weekly-flow